Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751722AbVLAUOU (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Dec 2005 15:14:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932435AbVLAUOU (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Dec 2005 15:14:20 -0500 Received: from dsl027-180-168.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([216.27.180.168]:4482 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751721AbVLAUOT (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Dec 2005 15:14:19 -0500 Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 12:14:21 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <20051201.121421.58532275.davem@davemloft.net> To: lkml@rtr.ca Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@osdl.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix bytecount result from printk() From: "David S. Miller" In-Reply-To: <438F1D05.5020004@rtr.ca> References: <438F1D05.5020004@rtr.ca> X-Mailer: Mew version 4.2.53 on Emacs 21.4 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 558 Lines: 13 From: Mark Lord Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 10:55:49 -0500 > Whether or not the count should even exist in the first place > is still a question for examination -- nothing appears to use it. I think it should be killed, in all of my Linux kernel hacking I've never seen a user of this return value. :-) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/